Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser., 1887-04-15
NOTES..

Senators Reagan and Maxey. of Texas, have
come out in favor OF prohibition.
celebrated its semi-centennial on Monday.
The Presiden has appointed Benton J. Hall,
| of Iowa, to be commissioner of patents, vice N
V. Montgomery. resigned.
| Ascension Episcopal Church at Saltwater
Mimi, was struck by lightning Monday morn
ing and totally destroyed.
Thirty seven blooded horses were burned 70
death in the destruction of John Killen's sta.
bles at New Liberty, Iowa, Friday. Los.
| $50, 900.
Senator Beck, of Kentucky, thinks Presi
dent Cleveland will be renonina,sd, and that
hi. republican opponent will be Senator Ali.
son, Of Iowa.
Two terrific explos ions At the nitro glycerins
works at Pl ttSbug, n. Y. Sunday completely '
| destroyed the factory. The shock was felt in
| 3urlinston, VT, where ii WAS mis- taken Tor an
| earthquake.
! A won IN who shot her traducer explained
when arrested, that she was compelled To com
| nit the crime TO prove her innocence her bus
| oaud having told her that unless she shot the
man he would Kill her.
| In the election held in Rhode I,land las,
| week the Democrats, for the first time since
| s52, carried the State, electing their entire
State ticke, and securing tn Irily on joint
| ballot IN the Legislature.
The steamship Britauia on Saturday landed
| ,023 passengers in New York the Italia, 1913:
the Noordlsnd. 600; the State of Peansylsa.
nia and Bolivia, LOIS; the England, 500
making a total of nearly 400.
| ]. T. Anthony, of Pickens county, s. C.
| has beeu arrested, charged with an outrsgeoa:
| assault upou his two daughters, one a girl o
twelve and the other OF sevesteen. His daagh
ters, son and wife appeared agains, aim.
| The pesch-erowers of Warren and Hunter
don counties, n. j, say the outlook favors al
unusually large crop OF fruit, especially peach
rs. II is thought that the crop of the CO mi ns
season will be the heaviest known for years
| A special from Augusta, Wis, says. "A
bout an inch Of snow fell here Tuesday nigh
| the surface OF which is covered with a thick
layer Of what seems to be dust or ashes Thu
whole section, so far as heard from, is covered
with the same ysllo~ish SNOW"
| Easter Sunday was ushered ia AT Ch .rl,ston
5. c., with al earthquake shock, which oc
CURED at $50 O'Clock While i, did 20 dam
age, it was severe enough To staftle peopI.
| from their beds and to irigh,en early church.
goers, This is the only shake felt there since
March l7th last.
! On Saturday evening, while a c,lor-i boz
named Al -eie Ftls. aged r-Ars. was playins
! on the railroad track near New Orleans . ne
gro named Ben WiIlisms came along. armed
with loaded gun, aud ord.r-d tn boy to say
his prayers The little negro oseyed. whsu
Williams shot aud fatally wounded him.
/ Farming in ore section Of yewberrv coan,y
I $. a, ia being carried on under ditisu ties
I Ga one farm two Stout aegro mea eau be sect
drawing p|ow, which i Guided BY Negro
woman. Thee people have rsn-ei l.nl. ba
have TO working soimAi sni ar. trying q
raise a crop by the most primitive md o
cultivation.
/ A farmer 30 Gresnsborouzk, Nd. thinking
| TO change bis grade OF poistoes barre'sj al
that he had. shipp~d them TO Baltimore, aad
ordered tev barrel. of extra Zoe Mothers
potatoes for seci. While hsrreltng bis osr
,gh.rs be los, his spectselcs whea b. rscei ..
81 bis Northern Sod potatoes re found bis
missing spsetsclss ia oae oi The barrsls. Such
things destroy eouhi.acs.
The Csn,aisn 6.hery cruiser virasnt. wher
sSiiisg ou, ef Bearer harbor = fss dsvs a.o
sighted 40 American ssh,ns vessel .i,hin -,
three mile limit snd sviisutiy aflsr halt. II,
yigilaat gave chase ssd gsin.d en- Ihc "Ysa
k~e, q" who refused TO hesse to evea -hsn
elsnk she, was 6rsd The chase y ~ eor,ia
tHs3 ,hg, tbs A ,erie.n vess~i sbos esinsd tn,
fiinsAad was safe Tsis 10 the Srs, qua sreS
this season by Csnatiaa cruiser.
The heavy rains wkIck a.ve resvutgy f.llr.
in California uIjI save the ~h.sl crop 10 msn
counties. and viii helo the fsait. is oissri
the grain is so far sisaaeea th., rothiaT cas-
save 1t Ia The Ssn Jos9aio and Sacramento
valleys ,he outlook sas very gloom Z. lons
dry spell bad psrched ths grain. N.~. ho~-
eser, the f.rmsss believe thsy will have froa
half to t~o-thiras OF crop. The fruit eroT
/ 10 all seclions sill be eaormoas
John Hogan ne, his death 10 a horrihI. u.n
| ner at Rockford. III, on S.,ardsy. He xAs o.
Westheid Corners With = stallion, Aai whiis
exhioi,ing the horse IL struck bin ~ith its for,
fee, sna knockesi him do~a. While down ths
stallion laid dosn on the man uith his kaees
Anothsr man who ~. present stabbed the
stallion 10 the neck wi'h skaife As the hors.
arose from HosAn's boiy Il graspet the prs
trate man by the nspe of th- nsek ani shook
him 50 That be died ia eight inmates. Hogan
MAS 81 years of age.
4 A valuable brood msrw belonging to III,
stock farm Of Nornsu Barnard, near As.a
dale, Pa, broke It's leg recently, snd Or. E~
ling, of West Grove, set the broken limb ans
let IL in good condiiion. 10 the animal
plunges sf,erward the leg vas again broken
aud DR.. Huidskoper, Of the University of Penn
/ syl'anis. having been sen, for, advised ampa
ta,ion This was done by DR.. Huideko op-r
assisted by DR.. E~ing. and the animal is sale
to be doing veil. This is the hrst case on rec
ord Of such an operation in America.
| A peculiarly horrible accident happened a
the Lake Augeiise mine at N.gaun-e, v.ch
| Friday night. A miner named Beaan
Msrston was coming from the bottom II III,
mine in 'skia' 10 which ore is hoisfsd
when he stuck his head out a, the 6rst level
aud il was cut q as though with a knife
The dismembsred head dropped ls0 feet TO III,
sixth level and struck . miaer on the arm Al
the miners left the mine Immediately ant
would not 20 into il sesis. A boss minr
nsmsd Sincock went down alone and hrough
| . h. hsa